On Sunday, Lebanese and Israeli media reported that Israeli helicopters had fired missiles at three Hezbollah vehicles in the town of Mazraat al-Amal in the Kuneitra border region on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights.

A couple of hours later, it became clear that Israel had liquidated some top commanders of Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the area. Lebanese media reported that among those killed was Jihad Mugniyeh, the son of former Hezbollah terror operations chief Imad Mugniyeh, who was for a long time the most wanted terrorist in the world after Osama bin-Laden. Imad Mugniyeh was assassinated in Damascus in 2008. It is widely believed that the Mossad was responsible for his death.

Jihad Mugniyeh was appointed Hezbollah’s commander in the Golan Heights area in Syria in 2014. As Western Journalism reported at the end of December last year, Mugniyeh had succeeded in improving Hezbollah’s operational capabilities. He was responsible for the built-up of Hezbollah’s terror infrastructure on the Golan Heights in Syria and near Har Dov on the Israel-Lebanon border. He planned attacks on IDF positions and Israeli border communities.

Hezbollah confirms the martyrdom of a number of Mujahideen by the Zionist bombing in Kenitra. We also confirm that the son of the martyr Imad Mughniyeh was killed in Israeli raid.

In its message, Hezbollah also falsely reported panic, tension, and fears among the Israeli public in Northern Israel.

According to the Ya Libnan news site, six members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were also killed in the Israeli airstrike. Among them was the commander of the IRCG in the area, General Mohammad Ali Allah Dadi. In fact, a report confirmed that Iranians are operating close to Israel’s border. Lebanese media first reported this in December 2014. Later Monday evening, The Daily Star in Lebanon reported that Hezbollah’s death toll has risen to nine.

Directly after the IAF strike, Israeli forces in northern Israel went on high alert.

Later, The Times of Israel reported that Hezbollah was mobilizing its forces. At the same time, Hezbollah promised a swift response to what it called the foolish adventure that reflected the madness of Israel. Al-Manar TV warned that Israel was “playing with fire that puts the security of the whole Middle East on edge.”

Last week, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatened to invade the Galilee in case Israel attacked his organization. In an interview with a Lebanese TV network, Nasrallah promised that Israel would be surprised by the type of weapons that Hezbollah now possesses. Israeli military experts believe Nasrallah was referring to guided Iranian missiles with a reach of 300 kilometers.

Israel has struck Syria several times since the start of the nearly four-year civil war, mostly destroying weaponry such as missiles that Israeli officials said were destined for Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon.

Syria said last month that Israeli jets had bombed areas near Damascus’ international airport and in the town of Dimas, near the border with Lebanon.

The IDF and Israeli Defense minister Moshe Ya’alon refused to comment on the strike.

Today, Hezbollah made clear that it is not interested in another war with Israel at this moment.

Sources close to the organization were quoted by Lebanese newspaper As-Safir as saying that “the attack on the six members of Hezbollah will be answered with a painful and unexpected response, but we can assume it will be handled so as not to drag us into all-out war.”

Sources close to Hezbollah made it clear that the organization would not act out of emotion and would “take its time” to determine its next step.